A block copolymer composition is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a block copolymer composition includes a diblock copolymer and a triblock copolymer, each including a polyolefin-based block and a polystyrene-based block, wherein the polyolefin-based blocks are present between 45 wt % to 90 wt %, wherein the polystyrene-based blocks are present between 10 wt % to 55 wt %, wherein the difference (T) between a thermal decomposition initiation temperature and a thermal decomposition termination temperature (T) measured by Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) is 55 C. or greater, and the diblock copolymer and the triblock copolymer do not have a residual unsaturated bond.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a propylene-based block copolymer, the deposition thereof on the inner wall of the polymerization vessel having been sufficiently inhibited. The propylene-based block copolymer of the present invention has a flowability evaluation value of 40% or less, the value being calculated with the following equation wherein X (sec) is the number of seconds over which 100 g of the copolymer having ordinary temperature falls from a stainless-steel funnel having an inner diameter of 11.9 mm and Y (sec) is the number of seconds over which 100 g of the copolymer which has been held at 80 C. for 24 hours under a load of 10 kg falls from the funnel having an inner diameter of 11.9 mm.

Flowability evaluation value (%)={(Y/X)1}100.

An ethylene-propylene block copolymer resin is provided that is suitable as an insulation layer of an electric power cable. The ethylene-propylene block copolymer is obtained by polymerization of a propylene homopolymer or an ethylene-propylene random copolymer with an ethylene-propylene rubber copolymer in stages in reactors in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst obtained using two internal electron donors, wherein one of the two internal electron donors is a compound comprising an ester group and an alkoxy group, the ethylene-propylene block copolymer has a melting temperature of 150 to 160 C., the content of the solvent extract thereof when extracted at room temperature with xylene is 30 to 50% by weight, and the intrinsic viscosity of the solvent extract is 1.5 to 3.0 dl/g.

An ethylene-propylene block copolymer resin is provided that is suitable as an insulation layer of an electric power cable. The ethylene-propylene block copolymer is obtained by polymerization of a propylene homopolymer or an ethylene-propylene random copolymer with an ethylene-propylene rubber copolymer in stages in reactors in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst obtained using two internal electron donors, wherein one of the two internal electron donors is a compound comprising an ester group and an alkoxy group, the ethylene-propylene block copolymer has a melting temperature of 150 to 160 C., the content of the solvent extract thereof when extracted at room temperature with xylene is 30 to 50% by weight, and the intrinsic viscosity of the solvent extract is 1.5 to 3.0 dl/g.

The present invention relates to Ziegler-Natta catalyst components for olefin polymerization employing specific carbonate compounds as an element of solid catalyst composition in conjunction with at least one or more internal donor compounds, for producing polyolefins, particularly polypropylene and ethylene-propylene block co-polymer, which exhibits substantially high rubber content with higher stereo-regularity and hydrogen response.

A process to form a composition comprising an ethylene/vinylarene multiblock interpolymer, said process comprising polymerizing, in a single reactor, a mixture comprising ethylene, a vinylarene, and optionally an alpha-olefin, in the presence of at least the following a)-c): a) a first metal complex selected from the following Formula (A), as described herein: b) a second metal complex selected from the following Formula (B), as described herein, and c) a chain shuttling agent selected from the following: a dialkyl zinc, a trialkyl aluminum, or a combination thereof. A composition comprising an ethylene/vinylarene multiblock interpolymer comprising at least one polymer structure selected from: -(AR)-(AP)-(AR)-(AP)- (Structure 1), or (AR)-(AP)-(AR)-(AP) (Structure 2); where each (AR) segment independently comprises, in polymerized form, ethylene, >10 mol % of the vinylarene and optionally an alpha-olefin, and wherein each (AP) segment independently comprises, ethylene, optionally 10 mol % vinylarene and optionally the alpha-olefin.

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The present disclosure relates to a catalyst system for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first olefin polymerization procatalyst, (B) a second olefin polymerization procatalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by procatalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.

The present disclosure relates to a catalyst system for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first olefin polymerization procatalyst, (B) a second olefin polymerization procatalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by procatalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.

The present invention relates to a solid catalyst for propylene polymerization and a method of producing a propylene polymer or copolymer using the solid catalyst for propylene polymerization, and provides a solid catalyst which prepares a dialkoxymagnesium carrier and is formed of a carrier produced through a reaction of the carrier with a metal halide, a titanium halide, an organic electron donor, etc., and a method of producing a propylene polymer or copolymer through copolymerization of propylene-alpha olefin using the solid catalyst, wherein the dialkoxymagnesium carrier has an uniform particle size range of 10 to 100 m and a spherical particle shape by adjusting injection amounts, injection numbers, and reaction temperatures of metal magnesium, alcohol and a reaction initiator during a reaction process of metal magnesium and alcohol.

The invention provides a polyolefin composition comprising: (i) 55 to 95 wt % of a propylene butene random copolymer having an MFR.sub.2 of 1.0 to 20.0 g/10 min, a butene content of 1.5 to 8.0 wt % and prepared using a single site catalyst; and (ii) to 45 wt % of an ethylene based plastomer having a density of 860 to 905 kg/m.sup.3, an MFR.sub.2 of 0.3 to 30 g/10 min and prepared using a single site catalyst.